SUAVE
What does "SUAVE" mean?
Charming, polished, and smoothly confident, especially in social manner.
Meanings
- Smoothly agreeable and confident in social settings, often with a hint of practiced ease. He was suave enough to defuse the argument with a single well-timed compliment.
- Of a substance such as wine, smooth and bland on the palate. The critic praised the suave, velvety finish of the merlot. technical
Word origin
From Latin 'suavis' meaning sweet or agreeable, via French 'suave'; related to the same root that gives English 'sweet'.
Remember it
SUAVE sounds like 'swave' - picture a smooth wave of charm gliding into the room.
A little poem
He enters like warm water finds a glass-
no splash, no edge, the whole room rearranged.
You only notice once he's let you pass.
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Wordplay
- Why did the smooth talker refuse the rough wine? He only had a taste for the suave.
What it teaches
Polish is not depth; learn to tell the difference before you trust the shine.
Quick facts
What does SUAVE mean?
Charming, polished, and smoothly confident, especially in social manner.
Is SUAVE a valid word?
Yes — SUAVE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SUAVE?
SUAVE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SUAVE come from?
From Latin 'suavis' meaning sweet or agreeable, via French 'suave'; related to the same root that gives English 'sweet'.
What can SUAVE teach us?
Polish is not depth; learn to tell the difference before you trust the shine.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.